37^uZedekiah the son of Josiah, ^vwhom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of ^wConiah the son of Jehoiakim. ²^xBut neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

³King Zedekiah sent ^yJehucal the son of ^zShelemiah, and ^aZephaniah the priest, the son of ^bMaaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please ^cpray for us to the Lord our God.” ⁴^dNow Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, ^efor he had not yet been put in prison. ⁵^fThe army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when ^gthe Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, ^hthey withdrew from Jerusalem.

⁶Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: ⁷“Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who ⁱsent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, ^jPharaoh’s army that came to help you is about to ^kreturn to Egypt, to its own land. ⁸And ^lthe Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. ^lThey shall capture it and burn it with fire. ⁹Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away.

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Cross references

u 2 Kgs. 24:17; 2 Chr. 36:10
v[Ezek. 17:13]
wch. 22:24
xSee 2 Chr. 36:12–14
y[ch. 38:1]
zver. 13; ch. 38:1
aSee ch. 21:1
bSee ch. 35:4
c[ch. 21:2]
d[Num. 27:17]
e[ch. 32:2; 33:1]
f[Ezek. 17:15]
gch. 32:2
hver. 11; ch. 34:21
i[ch. 21:2]
j[Ezek. 29:2, 6]
k[ch. 46:17; 2 Kgs. 24:7; Lam. 4:17]
lch. 34:22